Book Review: Little Threads
Elizabeth Prentiss may be best known for her 19th century book, “Stepping Heavenward”, a must read for young women says Sonja, but “Little Threads“, written in 1863, carries it’s own treasure for parents and children alike. Prentiss wrote the book for children, to put before them the serious consideration of obedience. She lays her cards out on the table at times to talk with them directly, from the pages of the story, about which type of thread they would like to be in the fabric of their mother’s life.
Rather than reviewing the story’s plot, which is simple enough in content, let me give you a flavor of how Prentiss weaves these “saltines” into the book. At a point in the story, when the character nicknamed Tangle Thread, begins to walk in steps of obedience towards her mother and finds herself in a better disposition than before, Prentiss explains the reason:
God has so made us that while we spend our time in thinking of nobody’s comfort but our own, the best things in the world fail to please us. A child may have all the beautiful toys it wants , and a pleasant home and the kindest friends, and yet be restless, peevish, and uncomfortable. But when it begins to try to be gentle and patient with everybody; when it speaks pleasant words and gives up its own way, then a black cloud seems to clear away from before its eyes, and it walks on in sunshine.
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